US20120222506A1 - Reciprocating Pump Drive Apparatus for Operating a Downhole Pump Via a Rod String - Google Patents
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- the invention relates generally to a mechanism transforming rotary motion to vertical motion, and more particularly to an apparatus producing reciprocating pump motion to assist production of fluids from a well.
- Reciprocal drive downhole pumps are operated via a string of rods (sucker rods) that depend down into the well from the surface, where the string is reciprocated up and down along the axis of the wellbore by above-surface drive equipment.
- the most common conventional downhole reciprocal pump drive equipment configuration is the walking beam pump jack, which is often installed atop a concrete pad and may be further supported by piles, thus requiring significant preparation and resulting in notable ground disturbance.
- a reciprocating pump drive apparatus for operating a downhole pump via a rod string, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame comprising a base portion arranged for coupling to a wellhead to mount the apparatus thereon and an upright portion extending upwardly away from the base portion;
- a first guide slot formed in the upright portion of the frame and extending upwardly away from the base portion of the frame;
- crank rotatably carried on the frame and horizontally spaced from the guide slot in the upright portion of the frame;
- a carrier device movably engaged in the first guide slot for movement therealong and arranged to carry a pump rod in a position depending downward from the carrier device;
- a carrier support device comprising a second guide slot that is maintained perpendicular to the first guide slot and in which the carrier device is also movably engaged for movement along the second guide slot;
- a drive arm device having a pivotal connection to the frame at position between a rotational axis of the crank and the guide slot in the upright portion of the frame, the drive arm device being pivotally connected to the carrier support device at a location between a first side end of the drive arm and the pivotal connection to the frame and having a longitudinal slot located between a second end of the drive arm device and the pivotal connection to the frame, the crank and the pivotal connection of the drive arm having pivot axes that lie in a common plane perpendicular to a length of the first guide slot;
- crank pin projection carried on the crank for revolution about the rotational axis thereof under rotation of the crank and projecting laterally away from the crank into the longitudinal slot in the drive arm device at a lesser radial distance from the rotational axis than the pivotal connection of the drive arm to the frame, the crank pin projection being movably engaged in said longitudinal slot for movement therealong;
- the upright portion of the frame comprises two side wall portions and the first guide slot is defined by a first pair of parallel guide slots disposed respectively in the two side wall portions, the carrier device spanning between the two side wall portions.
- the carrier support device comprises two supports disposed respectively adjacent the two side wall portions of the frame and the second guide slot is defined by a second pair of parallel guide slots disposed respectively in the two carrier supports, the carrier device spanning between the two carrier supports.
- the drive arm device comprises a pair of drive arms that are disposed on opposite sides of the crank and each comprise a respective longitudinal slot into which extends a respective crank pin projection.
- the base of the frame comprises a mounting plate disposed at a bottom end of the upright portion, the first longitudinal slot extending perpendicular to the mounting plate.
- the base of the frame underlies the carrier device and comprises an opening therein for passage of the pump rod through said opening.
- the base comprises bolt holes disposed around said opening for receipt of fasteners through said bolt holes to secure the base to a stuffing box or pedestal stand attached to the wellhead.
- a second arm device extending parallel to the drive arm device to cooperate with the drive arm device, the frame and the carrier support device to form a parallelogram linkage that maintains a consistent orientation of the carrier support device throughout motion of the linkage under rotation of the crank to keep the second guide slot perpendicular to the first guide slot.
- axes about which the drive arm and second arm devices respectively pivot relative to the frame are spaced apart only vertically to maintain a vertical orientation of the carrier support device between pivotal connections of said carrier support device to said arm devices.
- a drive source coupled to the crank and operable to drive rotation thereof, the drive source being mounted to the frame below the drive arm device and between the crank and the upright portion of the frame.
- the drive source is coupled to the crank via a drive belt.
- At least one lifting ring formed on the frame, by which the apparatus is suspendable for lowering onto a wellhead for installation.
- a splash guard mounted to the frame at the upright portion thereof.
- crank pin projection comprises a cam follower rollably engaged in said longitudinal slot.
- the carrier device comprises a first cam follower rollably engaged in said first guide slot.
- the carrier device comprises a second cam follower rollably engaged in said second guide slot.
- a reciprocating pump drive apparatus for operating a downhole pump via a rod string, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame comprising a base portion arranged for coupling to a wellhead to mount the apparatus thereon and an upright portion extending upwardly away from the base portion, the upright portion of the frame comprising two side wall portions;
- a first pair of parallel guide slots respectively formed in the two side wall portions of the upright portion of the frame and extending upwardly away from the base portion of the frame;
- crank supported on the frame for rotation about a rotational axis of the crank
- a carrier device movably engaged in the first pair of parallel guide slots for movement therealong and arranged to carry a pump rod in a position depending downward from the carrier device;
- a drive arm device coupled to the carrier device adjacent a first end of the drive arm device, coupled to the crank adjacent second ends of the drive arm devices, and being arranged to convert rotational motion of the crank into reciprocating linear motion of the carrier device along the first pair of parallel slots in the upright portion of the frame to drive reciprocation of the pump rod.
- the rotational axis of the crank may be positioned overhead of the carrier device and the drive arm devices depends downward from the crank to connect to the carrier device.
- the drive source may be coupled to the crank through a beltless gear train.
- the drive arm device connects to the carrier device on both sides of where the carrier device connects to the pump rod.
- the drive arm device comprises two separate drive arms each connecting on respective side of where the carrier device connects to the pump rod.
- FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of a first embodiment pump jack apparatus of the present invention for driving a downhole pump via a sucker rod string, frame side walls and one drive arm having been omitted for illustrative purposes.
- FIG. 2 is a partial side elevational view of a second embodiment pump jack apparatus of the present invention, which is similar to that of FIG. 1 , this partial view including the missing side walls and drive arm of FIG. 1 while omitting some drive system components present in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the pump jack apparatus of FIG. 2 as taken along line A-A thereof.
- FIG. 4 is an elevational view of a polish rod of the pump jack apparatus of FIG. 1 or 2 , illustrating installation of a clamp on the polish rod for use in securing the polish rod to a carrier bar of the apparatus.
- FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of the pump jack apparatus of FIG. 2 at another point in its pump rod reciprocation cycle.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic front elevational view of a third embodiment pump jack apparatus.
- FIG. 7 is a first side elevational view of the third embodiment pump jack apparatus, but with the drive crank thereof in a different rotational position.
- FIG. 8 is a second side elevational view of the pump jack apparatus of FIG. 7 from the opposing side thereof, with a motor and gearbox thereof omitted.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic elevational view of a carrier bar support arrangement of the pump jack apparatus of FIGS. 6 to 8 .
- the mechanical pump jacks shown in the drawings are each configured to be fastened onto a wellhead flange by way of a conventional stuffing box flange or pedestal stand that is mounted on the wellhead flange to present a base plate for supporting the apparatus above the stuffing box.
- Base plate 2 of the pump jack apparatus is bolted to the top of the pedestal stand or stuffing box.
- the polish rod 1 extends upwardly through the stuffing box of the wellhead to the pump jack apparatus, where it continues through an opening in the base plate 2 and then upwardly through a carrier bar 21 .
- Polish rod 1 is secured to the carrier bar 21 for reciprocal up and down movement therewith through a combination of gravity and a clamp 19 ( FIG. 4 ) fastened to the polish rod 1 above the carrier bar 21 .
- a motor 16 of the apparatus (which may be hydraulic or electric) rotates, its output shaft drives the input of a planetary gearbox 17 , the output shaft of which has a sheave 20 on its end for driving a belt 15 .
- the planetary gearbox 17 is bolted on a planetary support bracket 18 .
- the belt 15 wraps around the planetary sheave 20 .
- the belt 15 then is wrapped around a crank sheave 12 .
- a belt tensioner 14 is used to keep sufficient pull on the belt 15 as it rotates around the crank sheave 12 .
- the motor and the planetary gearbox 17 will rotate the sheave 20 , which moves the belt 15 that drives the crank sheave 12 .
- the crank sheave 12 will rotate the same direction as the sheave 20 .
- crank sheave 12 As the crank sheave 12 rotates, a respective cam follower 11 carried on each side of the crank sheave 12 to revolve about the crank sheave axis under rotation of the sheave moves along a recessed or cut-out slot 22 in a respective pitman drive arm 9 on the same side of the sheave.
- a pivot shaft 13 which pivotally carries the pitman arms 9 on side walls of the apparatus frame allows the pitman arms 9 to rise at one end while lowering at the other, and vise versa.
- the geometry of the crank sheave 12 and attached cranks 10 rotate to pivot the parallel pitman drive arms 9 , it lowers the rear end of the pitman arms at the crank wheel and raises the carrier bar at the front end of the pitman arms upwards, and vise versa.
- carrier bar supports 3 (each fastened to a respective one of the pitman arms) rise.
- the carrier bar 21 has a cam follower 4 attached to it on each end.
- the cam follower 4 experiences horizontal motion relative to the carrier support 3 within a carrier support slot 3 a therein to accommodate the change or orientation of the pitman arm without straining the polish rod 1 .
- a carrier bar support arm 7 keeps the carrier support 3 vertical to maintain the horizontal orientation of its slot 3 a .
- a lifting support bracket 8 has a lifting ring 5 which is used to lift the machine when attaching to the wellhead.
- a splash pan 6 is used to prevent residue from collecting on the rest of the machine. Typically this is caused by a stuffing box or a Polish rod scoring.
- this machine may alternatively employ a gear train, for example housed in a hollow metal gearbox, instead of belts and sheaves to complete this rotational coupling between the motor and crank.
- the frame of the apparatus features a pair of identical planar vertical side walls 30 , which are shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 and are parallel and aligned with one another in respective vertical planes.
- the base plate 2 spans horizontally between, and is fixed to, the side walls 30 at their bottom ends, for example by bolts fastened into threaded holes 2 a in side edges of the base plate 2 through bolt holes 32 in the side walls 30 .
- Each side wall 30 has a vertically upright portion 33 projecting upward from the base plate 2 , as shown in FIG. 2 , and each such upright portion 33 features a vertically extending longitudinal guide slot 34 cut through it.
- a respective one of the two carrier supports 3 resides adjacent the outer face of each side wall 30 a short distance therefrom, with a portion of the horizontal guide slot 3 a of the carrier support 3 overlapping the vertical guide slot 34 at any given time.
- each carrier support 3 is a cross-shaped metal plate having pivotal connections to the front ends of the drive arm 9 and carrier support arm 7 at the bottom and top ends, respectively, of its vertically crossing portion, and having its guide slot 3 a formed in the horizontal crossing portion.
- the two arms 7 , 9 are disposed to the outer side of the carrier support, i.e. on the side thereof opposite the respective side wall 30 of the apparatus frame.
- the carrier bar 21 extends horizontally between the two side walls 30 of the frame, extending its ends outwardly through the vertical guide slots 34 therein.
- a respective cam follower 4 is rotatably journaled in the end of the carrier bar and disposed within the horizontal guide slot 3 a of the respective carrier support 3 to roll back and forth in the guide slot 3 a against the different horizontal edge boundaries thereof during operation of the machine.
- each vertical slot follower 36 is rotatably journaled around the carrier bar 21 to likewise rollingly ride up and down the vertical guide slot 34 against the different vertical boundary edges thereof during operation of the machine.
- an outer end of each vertical slot follower 36 features an outwardly extending flange 36 a having an outer diameter exceeding that of the rest of the follower and being larger than the width of the vertical guide slot 34 .
- the flanges of the two vertical followers 36 thus define stops projecting outward from the carrier bar 21 at locations outward from the side walls 30 to limit lateral sliding of the carrier bar 21 in either direction and thereby block withdrawal of the carrier bar 21 from either vertical slot 34 .
- the pivot shaft 13 of the drive arm 9 is rotatably journaled in the two side walls 30 at a position spaced horizontally therealong from the vertical guide slot 34 therein.
- the pivot shaft 13 spans between the sidewalls and projects laterally outward therebeyond on each side, where it is then fixed to the respective one of the drive arms 9 to pivotally carry the drive arms on the frame for pivotal motion within respective parallel vertical planes on opposite sides of the frame.
- the pivot shaft is located at an elevation between the upper and lower ends of the vertical guide slot 34 , and in the illustrated first and second embodiments, at a short distance below the halfway point of the vertical slot length.
- Another pivot shaft 38 is likewise rotatably mounted on the two side walls to project laterally outward from each and pivotally support the respective one of the two carrier support arms 7 for pivotal motion parallel to the respective drive arm 9 along the same vertical plane thereas.
- This support arm pivot shaft 38 is positioned at higher elevation than the drive arm pivot shaft 9 at a position directly overhead thereof (i.e. vertically, but not horizontally spaced, from the drive arm shaft 13 along the plane of the side wall).
- the parallel arms 7 , 9 on each side of the frame cooperate with the frame and the respective carrier support 3 to form a four bar parallel linkage: one bar defined by the drive arm 9 between its pivotal connections to the carrier support 3 and the frame's side wall, a second bar defined parallel to the first by the carrier support arm 7 between its pivotal connections to the carrier support 3 and the frame's side wall, a third vertical bar defined by the frame's side wall 30 between its pivotal connections to the two arms 7 , 9 , and a fourth vertical bar defined parallel to the third by the carrier support's vertical span between its pivotal connections to the two arms 7 , 9 .
- the carrier support 3 is maintained in a constant vertical orientation, which positions its guide slot 3 a in a constant horizontal orientation, throughout any pivotal motion of the arms 7 , 9 .
- the carrier support's slot 3 a accommodates the relative horizontal displacement necessary between the carrier bar 21 and the carrier support 3 to allow the drive arm's arcuate motion about its pivot shaft to displace the carrier bar 21 along the linear vertical constraint defined by the engagement of the carrier bar followers 36 in the vertical guide slot 34 .
- the side walls 30 of the frame extend away from the vertical guide slot 34 past the pivot shafts 13 , 38 of the arms 9 , 7 , where near a rear end of the side walls distal to the vertical guide slot 34 , the crank sheave 12 is mounted on a horizontal shaft 40 rotatably journaled in the two side walls 30 .
- the crank sheave 12 is disposed between the side walls, and its shaft 40 projects laterally outward past the side walls 30 where it carries a respective crank plate 10 that is fixed on the shaft 40 for rotation therewith in a plane perpendicular thereto.
- the crank plate 10 features a crank pin projecting laterally outward therefrom in a direction perpendicular to the crank plate to rotatably carry the cam follower 11 that is rollably engaged in the drive arm's longitudinal slot 22 that extends from near a rear end of the drive arm 9 a to near the pivot shaft 13 thereof.
- the drive arm's pivot shaft 13 is located between the crank sheave and the vertical guide slot 34 along the side walls of the frame at a distance further radially outward from the crank shaft axis than the crank pin follower 11 .
- the slot 22 in the drive arm 9 is long enough to accommodate travel of the crank pin follower 11 through full 360-degree rotation of the crank shaft 40 and attached crank sheave 12 and crank plate 10 (i.e. through full 360-degree revolution of the crank pin and crank pin follower around the crank shaft axis).
- At least one of the side walls features an opening 42 located therein below the parallelogram linkage near the bottom of the side wall at a location between the vertical guide slot and the crank assembly to accommodate connection between the motor driven gearbox 17 , located outward from one of the side walls, to the sheave 20 that is disposed between the two side walls 30 and aligns with the crank sheave suspended between the side walls at the rear of the machine.
- the gearbox support bracket 18 is bolted or otherwise fixed to the side walls to rotatably carry the sheave 22 between the side walls and mount the gearbox housing in a position extending laterally outward through the opening 42 in the side wall to the motor 16 coupled at the input end of the gearbox.
- an additional mounting hole is provided in each side wall to accommodate support of the belt tensioner 14 .
- FIG. 2 shows the parallelogram linkage and crank assembly in neutral positions situating the carrier bar 21 at a neutral midpoint of its reciprocating stroke along the vertical guide slot 34 .
- the crank pin follower 11 is horizontally inline with the equal-elevation crank shaft 40 and drive arm pivot shaft 13 , thus positioning the drive arm 9 and parallel support arm 7 in horizontal orientations.
- the motor 16 is driven in a predetermined direction, and the gearbox output sheave 20 and the crank sheave 12 (and thus the crank shaft 40 and attached crank plate 10 ) are driven in the same direction.
- the gearbox output sheave 20 and the crank sheave 12 are driven in the same direction.
- FIG. 1 shows the machine in an operation condition near this transition point, where the carrier assembly is at the lowermost extent of its travel along the vertical guide slot 34 .
- FIG. 4 shows the clamp 19 fastened on the polish rod 1 , which can be used at a position above the carrier bar 21 to block sliding of this clamped position of the polish rod 1 downward through the carrier bar, as the span of the clamp 19 outward from the polish rod exceeds the clearance between the polish rod circumference and the boundary of the carrier bar's through-hole 21 a .
- the diameter of the clamp across the polish rod exceeds the diameter of the through-hole 21 a .
- the illustrated clamp 19 features two halves that are hinged together and that feature channels of arcuate cross-section in sides of the halves that face together under closing of the hinge.
- the channels embrace against opposite sides of the polish rod's circumference as the halves are closed toward one another across the rod, and a bolt mechanism distal to the hinged-together ends of the halves is engagable between the halves after positioning thereof across the rod to draw the two halves closer together, thereby tightening the halves against the rod to clamp the rod between them. Clamped tightly on the rod, the clamp is seated atop the carrier bar 21 , thereby hanging the lower end of the polish rod downward from the carrier bar. Below the stuffing box of the wellhead, the polish rod is coupled to sucker rods beneath it in a conventional manner to complete the pump rod string that is reciprocated by the pump jack machine to operate a reciprocally driven downwhole pump.
- FIG. 1 The splash pan 6 of FIG. 1 is mounted between the upright portions 33 of the frame side walls 30 of Figure behind the vertical guide slots 34 therein, i.e. to the side of the slot nearest crank assembly at the rear of the machine.
- the embodiments of FIGS. 1 and 2 differ only in some details of their structure, but operate for sucker rod string reciprocation in the same general manner. Some of the differences include the shape of the crank plates 10 and crank sheaves 12 , the positioning in FIG. 1 of the lifting ring 5 on a lifting support bracket 8 formed by joining together the upstanding parts 50 on the side walls that pivotally carry the support arms 7 instead of on a separate upright 52 in FIG. 2 , the presence of a crank sheave protective guard 54 fixed to the inside of each side wall 30 in FIG.
- FIGS. 6 to 9 illustrate a third embodiment pump jack apparatus.
- the frame features two planar vertical side walls 30 a , 30 b projecting upward at opposite sides of a base plate 2 , but each side wall extends only upward from the base plate 2 , and not in any horizontal direction therefrom.
- the two side walls 30 a , 30 b share a common overall shape, with obliquely oriented sides 102 that diverge from one another in an upward direction in a symmetric manner across a vertical axis located centrally between them.
- the perimeter of each side wall is completed by an arcuate upper edge 104 spanning over 180-degrees to convexly interconnected the linearly sloped side edges.
- each side wall 30 a , 30 b features a vertically extending longitudinal guide slot 34 cut through it, like in the preceding embodiments for the same purpose of guiding the cam followers 36 of the carrier bar 21 .
- the outer flange 36 a of each cam follower extends outward past linear guide tracks 100 mounted on opposing vertical sides of the vertical guide slot 34 to lie at least partially inward from the sides of the slot on the outside of the respective side wall.
- one of the side walls 30 a features a circular through hole 106 that lies concentric with the radial center of the arcuate upper edge 104 of the wall 30 a .
- the other side wall 30 b features a larger circular through hole concentric with that of the other wall.
- a slewing bearing 108 has its annular inner race 110 fixed to the inner face of the first side wall 30 a around the circular hole 106 therein, for example through bolt holes 110 a passing axially through the inner race 110 and matching bolt holes 112 in the side wall 30 a .
- the outer annular race 114 of the slewing bearing 116 closes around the inner race thereof, is rotatable around the inner race and has gear teeth 114 a defined at the outer circumference of the race 114 .
- a smaller hole 116 located radially outward from the central hole 106 in the top portion of the first side wall 30 a is surrounded by bolt holes 118 spaced around the circumference of this smaller hole for mounting of a gearbox 17 and motor 16 to the exterior face of the first side wall 30 a , as shown in FIG. 6 .
- An output shaft of the gearbox 17 passes through the hole 116 in the side wall 30 a and carries an output gear 118 in the space between the two side walls 30 a , 30 b .
- This output gear 118 of the gear box engages with the teeth 114 a of the outer race 114 of the slewing bearing 108 . Accordingly, operation of the motor drives rotation of the slewing bearing's outer race.
- a flat or plate-like and arcuately shaped spacer 120 having bolt holes 120 a spaced therealong for cooperation with axial bolt holes 114 b circumferentially spaced around the outer race 114 of the slewing bearing.
- a bolt 124 has the threaded free end of its shaft engaged in a threaded hole in the spacer 120 , but leaves a substantial portion of the shaft length project from the spacer in a direction parallel to the axis of the slew bearing at a radial distance outward therefrom.
- a sleeve or hollow block 126 is rotatable disposed on the shaft of the bolt between the bolt head 124 a and the spacer 120 .
- the drive arms 9 ′ of the third embodiment are fixed to respective ends of the sleeve 126 to suspend the drive arms from the shaft of the bolt 124 in a manner pivotal thereabout. Accordingly, the outer race of the slewing bearing defines the crank of this embodiment, with the bolt thus defining the crank pin about which the drive arms 9 ′ are pivotal at one end.
- the rotational axis of the slewing bearing lies in the same vertical plane as the axis of the carrier bar 21 , and so horizontally-slotted carrier bar support of the first two embodiments is needed in the third embodiment.
- the second ends of the drive arms 9 ′ are pivotally coupled directly to the carrier bar, requiring only pivotal motion of the drive arms 9 ′ about the axis of the carrier bar to accommodate linear motion thereof along the vertical guide slots in the side walls of the frame under rotation of the slewing bearing.
- An unillustrated earlier prototype of third embodiment featured a single drive arm structure with a single connection to the crank pin bolt 124 and a branched or forked lower end that split to connect to the carrier bar 21 on opposite sides of the polish rod 1 .
- the illustrated embodiment with two entirely separate drive arms located entirely on respective sides of the polish rod 1 , and thus separately connecting to the crank pin bolt 124 at spaced positions therealong, is preferred so as to provide maximum space above the carrier bar 21 to maximize the accommodation of movement of the top end of the polish rod 1 above the carrier bar 21 . This prevents the polish rod from bending when it is not traveling with the carrier bar downwards due to waxing/sanding of the well or downhole issues. In such situations, the polish rod is in the air and while the carrier bar moves upwards.
- the separate, spaced-apart carrier bar support/drive arms 9 ′ allow the polish rod to go between the two arm supports This prevents bending the polish rod and wellhead damage.
- the top end of the polish rod 1 may be equipped with a threaded polish rod coupling, as shown in FIG. 6 at 128 .
- the third embodiment shares the two-sided support and guidance of the of the polish rod carrier bar 21 for optimal performance in maintaining the desired orientation of the polish rod, but avoids the need for the additional horizontal guide slots of the first two embodiments by having the rotational axis of the crank located directly overhead of the carrier (i.e. by having the crank vertically, but not horizontally spaced from the vertical guide slots at which the carrier bar runs up and down the side walls of the frame).
- the two side walls of the frame are preferably linked by cross-bars, plates, grates or other members at locations along the edges of the plates around the components located therebetween to provide rigidity to the structure, and to provide protection from the moving parts therebetween.
- closure panels spanning between the walls at one more locations would preferably be removable to allow access to the internal components.
- the third embodiment also illustrates that the invention is not limited to a belt drive configuration like the first two embodiments. Through testing of prototypes of the different embodiments, the belt drive of the first two has proven less reliable than the gear driven third embodiment.
- a further embodiment could employ the more horizontally-oriented design of the first two embodiments where the crank is horizontally spaced from the guide slot of the polish rod carrier, and thus may use the correspondingly slotted drive arms pivotally mounted on the frame, while replacing the belt-driven crank sheave with a slew-bearing or other toothed gear structure for improved reliability and wear-life of the drive system.
- Another possible combination could employ a belt or chain driven transmission arrangement like that of the first two embodiments in an overhead drive configuration like that of the third embodiment, thereby avoiding the need for the slotted carrier bar supports 3 of the first two embodiments.
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Description
- This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/448,368, filed Mar. 2, 2011.
- The invention relates generally to a mechanism transforming rotary motion to vertical motion, and more particularly to an apparatus producing reciprocating pump motion to assist production of fluids from a well.
- Production of fluids from a well is often assisted or achieved by operation of a downhole pump that forces fluids up toward the surface. Reciprocal drive downhole pumps are operated via a string of rods (sucker rods) that depend down into the well from the surface, where the string is reciprocated up and down along the axis of the wellbore by above-surface drive equipment. The most common conventional downhole reciprocal pump drive equipment configuration is the walking beam pump jack, which is often installed atop a concrete pad and may be further supported by piles, thus requiring significant preparation and resulting in notable ground disturbance.
- Other prior art alternatives include hydraulic pump jacks that employ hydraulic cylinders bolted onto the wellhead to perform the required reciprocation of the pump rod string. However, shortcomings of such configurations may include lack of a smooth transition to the rod string between the up and down strokes, leaking fluids, and the potential of the hydraulic cylinders to rust because of oxidization and exposure to the elements.
- Accordingly, there is a desire for a more efficient method to pump fluid without involving electrical/mechanical switches to change stroke direction or maintain stuffing box alignments. Such a solution would likely reduce premature stuffing box wear and hydraulic cylinder bearing wear as well as electrical/mechanical shut downs.
- According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a reciprocating pump drive apparatus for operating a downhole pump via a rod string, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame comprising a base portion arranged for coupling to a wellhead to mount the apparatus thereon and an upright portion extending upwardly away from the base portion;
- a first guide slot formed in the upright portion of the frame and extending upwardly away from the base portion of the frame;
- a crank rotatably carried on the frame and horizontally spaced from the guide slot in the upright portion of the frame;
- a carrier device movably engaged in the first guide slot for movement therealong and arranged to carry a pump rod in a position depending downward from the carrier device;
- a carrier support device comprising a second guide slot that is maintained perpendicular to the first guide slot and in which the carrier device is also movably engaged for movement along the second guide slot;
- a drive arm device having a pivotal connection to the frame at position between a rotational axis of the crank and the guide slot in the upright portion of the frame, the drive arm device being pivotally connected to the carrier support device at a location between a first side end of the drive arm and the pivotal connection to the frame and having a longitudinal slot located between a second end of the drive arm device and the pivotal connection to the frame, the crank and the pivotal connection of the drive arm having pivot axes that lie in a common plane perpendicular to a length of the first guide slot;
- a crank pin projection carried on the crank for revolution about the rotational axis thereof under rotation of the crank and projecting laterally away from the crank into the longitudinal slot in the drive arm device at a lesser radial distance from the rotational axis than the pivotal connection of the drive arm to the frame, the crank pin projection being movably engaged in said longitudinal slot for movement therealong;
- whereby rotation of the crank raises and lowers the second end of the drive arm, which in turn raises and lowers the first end of the drive arm in opposition to the raising and lowering of the second end of the drive arm, thereby moving the carrier support upward and downward to reciprocate the carrier and the pump rod upward and downward along the first guide slot.
- Preferably the upright portion of the frame comprises two side wall portions and the first guide slot is defined by a first pair of parallel guide slots disposed respectively in the two side wall portions, the carrier device spanning between the two side wall portions.
- Preferably the carrier support device comprises two supports disposed respectively adjacent the two side wall portions of the frame and the second guide slot is defined by a second pair of parallel guide slots disposed respectively in the two carrier supports, the carrier device spanning between the two carrier supports.
- Preferably the drive arm device comprises a pair of drive arms that are disposed on opposite sides of the crank and each comprise a respective longitudinal slot into which extends a respective crank pin projection.
- Preferably the base of the frame comprises a mounting plate disposed at a bottom end of the upright portion, the first longitudinal slot extending perpendicular to the mounting plate.
- Preferably the base of the frame underlies the carrier device and comprises an opening therein for passage of the pump rod through said opening.
- Preferably the base comprises bolt holes disposed around said opening for receipt of fasteners through said bolt holes to secure the base to a stuffing box or pedestal stand attached to the wellhead.
- Preferably there is provided a second arm device extending parallel to the drive arm device to cooperate with the drive arm device, the frame and the carrier support device to form a parallelogram linkage that maintains a consistent orientation of the carrier support device throughout motion of the linkage under rotation of the crank to keep the second guide slot perpendicular to the first guide slot.
- Preferably axes about which the drive arm and second arm devices respectively pivot relative to the frame are spaced apart only vertically to maintain a vertical orientation of the carrier support device between pivotal connections of said carrier support device to said arm devices.
- Preferably there is provided a drive source coupled to the crank and operable to drive rotation thereof, the drive source being mounted to the frame below the drive arm device and between the crank and the upright portion of the frame.
- Preferably the drive source is coupled to the crank via a drive belt.
- Preferably there is provided at least one lifting ring formed on the frame, by which the apparatus is suspendable for lowering onto a wellhead for installation.
- Preferably there is provided a splash guard mounted to the frame at the upright portion thereof.
- Preferably the crank pin projection comprises a cam follower rollably engaged in said longitudinal slot.
- Preferably the carrier device comprises a first cam follower rollably engaged in said first guide slot.
- Preferably the carrier device comprises a second cam follower rollably engaged in said second guide slot.
- According to another aspect of the invention there is provided a reciprocating pump drive apparatus for operating a downhole pump via a rod string, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame comprising a base portion arranged for coupling to a wellhead to mount the apparatus thereon and an upright portion extending upwardly away from the base portion, the upright portion of the frame comprising two side wall portions;
- a first pair of parallel guide slots respectively formed in the two side wall portions of the upright portion of the frame and extending upwardly away from the base portion of the frame;
- a crank supported on the frame for rotation about a rotational axis of the crank;
- a carrier device movably engaged in the first pair of parallel guide slots for movement therealong and arranged to carry a pump rod in a position depending downward from the carrier device;
- a drive arm device coupled to the carrier device adjacent a first end of the drive arm device, coupled to the crank adjacent second ends of the drive arm devices, and being arranged to convert rotational motion of the crank into reciprocating linear motion of the carrier device along the first pair of parallel slots in the upright portion of the frame to drive reciprocation of the pump rod.
- The rotational axis of the crank may be positioned overhead of the carrier device and the drive arm devices depends downward from the crank to connect to the carrier device.
- The drive source may be coupled to the crank through a beltless gear train.
- Preferably the drive arm device connects to the carrier device on both sides of where the carrier device connects to the pump rod.
- Preferably the drive arm device comprises two separate drive arms each connecting on respective side of where the carrier device connects to the pump rod.
- In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention:
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FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of a first embodiment pump jack apparatus of the present invention for driving a downhole pump via a sucker rod string, frame side walls and one drive arm having been omitted for illustrative purposes. -
FIG. 2 is a partial side elevational view of a second embodiment pump jack apparatus of the present invention, which is similar to that ofFIG. 1 , this partial view including the missing side walls and drive arm ofFIG. 1 while omitting some drive system components present inFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the pump jack apparatus ofFIG. 2 as taken along line A-A thereof. -
FIG. 4 is an elevational view of a polish rod of the pump jack apparatus ofFIG. 1 or 2, illustrating installation of a clamp on the polish rod for use in securing the polish rod to a carrier bar of the apparatus. -
FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of the pump jack apparatus ofFIG. 2 at another point in its pump rod reciprocation cycle. -
FIG. 6 is a schematic front elevational view of a third embodiment pump jack apparatus. -
FIG. 7 is a first side elevational view of the third embodiment pump jack apparatus, but with the drive crank thereof in a different rotational position. -
FIG. 8 is a second side elevational view of the pump jack apparatus ofFIG. 7 from the opposing side thereof, with a motor and gearbox thereof omitted. -
FIG. 9 is a schematic elevational view of a carrier bar support arrangement of the pump jack apparatus ofFIGS. 6 to 8 . - The mechanical pump jacks shown in the drawings are each configured to be fastened onto a wellhead flange by way of a conventional stuffing box flange or pedestal stand that is mounted on the wellhead flange to present a base plate for supporting the apparatus above the stuffing box.
Base plate 2 of the pump jack apparatus is bolted to the top of the pedestal stand or stuffing box. The polish rod 1 extends upwardly through the stuffing box of the wellhead to the pump jack apparatus, where it continues through an opening in thebase plate 2 and then upwardly through acarrier bar 21. Polish rod 1 is secured to thecarrier bar 21 for reciprocal up and down movement therewith through a combination of gravity and a clamp 19 (FIG. 4 ) fastened to the polish rod 1 above thecarrier bar 21. As amotor 16 of the apparatus (which may be hydraulic or electric) rotates, its output shaft drives the input of aplanetary gearbox 17, the output shaft of which has asheave 20 on its end for driving abelt 15. Theplanetary gearbox 17 is bolted on aplanetary support bracket 18. Thebelt 15 wraps around theplanetary sheave 20. Thebelt 15 then is wrapped around acrank sheave 12. Abelt tensioner 14 is used to keep sufficient pull on thebelt 15 as it rotates around thecrank sheave 12. The motor and theplanetary gearbox 17 will rotate thesheave 20, which moves thebelt 15 that drives thecrank sheave 12. Thecrank sheave 12 will rotate the same direction as thesheave 20. As thecrank sheave 12 rotates, arespective cam follower 11 carried on each side of thecrank sheave 12 to revolve about the crank sheave axis under rotation of the sheave moves along a recessed or cut-out slot 22 in a respectivepitman drive arm 9 on the same side of the sheave. A pivot shaft 13 which pivotally carries thepitman arms 9 on side walls of the apparatus frame allows thepitman arms 9 to rise at one end while lowering at the other, and vise versa. As the geometry of thecrank sheave 12 and attachedcranks 10 rotate to pivot the parallelpitman drive arms 9, it lowers the rear end of the pitman arms at the crank wheel and raises the carrier bar at the front end of the pitman arms upwards, and vise versa. - As the front end of
pitman arms 9 is rising, carrier bar supports 3 (each fastened to a respective one of the pitman arms) rise. Thecarrier bar 21 has acam follower 4 attached to it on each end. Thecam follower 4 experiences horizontal motion relative to thecarrier support 3 within a carrier support slot 3 a therein to accommodate the change or orientation of the pitman arm without straining the polish rod 1. On each side of the apparatus, a carrierbar support arm 7 keeps thecarrier support 3 vertical to maintain the horizontal orientation of its slot 3 a. When thecam follower 11 reaches its turning (i.e. direction reversing) point in the cut out slot 22 on thepitman arm 9, the polish rod 1 begins to go downward. When the polish rod 1 is going downward the clamp 19 (fastened above the carrier bar 21) travels down with thecarrier bar 21, as the weight of the polish rod and clamp act to keep the clamp seated atop thecarrier bar 21. Thus, as the front end of thepitman arms 9 lower, the polish rod 1 lowers. Once this happens, the process happens all over again. - Referring to
FIG. 1 , a lifting support bracket 8 has alifting ring 5 which is used to lift the machine when attaching to the wellhead. A splash pan 6 is used to prevent residue from collecting on the rest of the machine. Typically this is caused by a stuffing box or a Polish rod scoring. Although described above as employing belts and sheaves to transfer output from the motor to a drive crank, this machine may alternatively employ a gear train, for example housed in a hollow metal gearbox, instead of belts and sheaves to complete this rotational coupling between the motor and crank. - Further detail of the pumpjack apparatus will now be described with reference to the drawings.
- In addition to the
base plate 2 andplanetary bracket 18 ofFIG. 1 , the frame of the apparatus features a pair of identical planarvertical side walls 30, which are shown inFIGS. 2 and 3 and are parallel and aligned with one another in respective vertical planes. At a front end of the side walls, thebase plate 2 spans horizontally between, and is fixed to, theside walls 30 at their bottom ends, for example by bolts fastened into threaded holes 2 a in side edges of thebase plate 2 through bolt holes 32 in theside walls 30. Eachside wall 30 has a verticallyupright portion 33 projecting upward from thebase plate 2, as shown inFIG. 2 , and eachsuch upright portion 33 features a vertically extendinglongitudinal guide slot 34 cut through it. A respective one of the two carrier supports 3 resides adjacent the outer face of eachside wall 30 a short distance therefrom, with a portion of the horizontal guide slot 3 a of thecarrier support 3 overlapping thevertical guide slot 34 at any given time. - In the first two illustrated embodiments, each
carrier support 3 is a cross-shaped metal plate having pivotal connections to the front ends of thedrive arm 9 andcarrier support arm 7 at the bottom and top ends, respectively, of its vertically crossing portion, and having its guide slot 3 a formed in the horizontal crossing portion. The twoarms respective side wall 30 of the apparatus frame. As best shown inFIGS. 1 and 3 , thecarrier bar 21 extends horizontally between the twoside walls 30 of the frame, extending its ends outwardly through thevertical guide slots 34 therein. At each of these ends of thecarrier bar 21 outside theframe side walls 30, arespective cam follower 4 is rotatably journaled in the end of the carrier bar and disposed within the horizontal guide slot 3 a of therespective carrier support 3 to roll back and forth in the guide slot 3 a against the different horizontal edge boundaries thereof during operation of the machine. - Where the
carrier bar 21 passes through eachvertical guide slot 34 in theupright portion 33 of therespective side wall 30 of the frame, alarger follower 36 is rotatably journaled around thecarrier bar 21 to likewise rollingly ride up and down thevertical guide slot 34 against the different vertical boundary edges thereof during operation of the machine. As shown inFIGS. 2 and 3 , an outer end of eachvertical slot follower 36 features an outwardly extendingflange 36 a having an outer diameter exceeding that of the rest of the follower and being larger than the width of thevertical guide slot 34. The flanges of the twovertical followers 36 thus define stops projecting outward from thecarrier bar 21 at locations outward from theside walls 30 to limit lateral sliding of thecarrier bar 21 in either direction and thereby block withdrawal of thecarrier bar 21 from eithervertical slot 34. - The pivot shaft 13 of the
drive arm 9 is rotatably journaled in the twoside walls 30 at a position spaced horizontally therealong from thevertical guide slot 34 therein. The pivot shaft 13 spans between the sidewalls and projects laterally outward therebeyond on each side, where it is then fixed to the respective one of thedrive arms 9 to pivotally carry the drive arms on the frame for pivotal motion within respective parallel vertical planes on opposite sides of the frame. The pivot shaft is located at an elevation between the upper and lower ends of thevertical guide slot 34, and in the illustrated first and second embodiments, at a short distance below the halfway point of the vertical slot length. Anotherpivot shaft 38 is likewise rotatably mounted on the two side walls to project laterally outward from each and pivotally support the respective one of the twocarrier support arms 7 for pivotal motion parallel to therespective drive arm 9 along the same vertical plane thereas. This supportarm pivot shaft 38 is positioned at higher elevation than the drivearm pivot shaft 9 at a position directly overhead thereof (i.e. vertically, but not horizontally spaced, from the drive arm shaft 13 along the plane of the side wall). - With the two
pivot shafts 13, 38 spaced apart only vertically, and the pivotal connections between eachcarrier support 3 and the tworespective arms parallel arms respective carrier support 3 to form a four bar parallel linkage: one bar defined by thedrive arm 9 between its pivotal connections to thecarrier support 3 and the frame's side wall, a second bar defined parallel to the first by thecarrier support arm 7 between its pivotal connections to thecarrier support 3 and the frame's side wall, a third vertical bar defined by the frame'sside wall 30 between its pivotal connections to the twoarms arms carrier support 3 is maintained in a constant vertical orientation, which positions its guide slot 3 a in a constant horizontal orientation, throughout any pivotal motion of thearms carrier bar 21 and thecarrier support 3 to allow the drive arm's arcuate motion about its pivot shaft to displace thecarrier bar 21 along the linear vertical constraint defined by the engagement of thecarrier bar followers 36 in thevertical guide slot 34. - The
side walls 30 of the frame extend away from thevertical guide slot 34 past thepivot shafts 13, 38 of thearms vertical guide slot 34, thecrank sheave 12 is mounted on ahorizontal shaft 40 rotatably journaled in the twoside walls 30. Thecrank sheave 12 is disposed between the side walls, and itsshaft 40 projects laterally outward past theside walls 30 where it carries a respective crankplate 10 that is fixed on theshaft 40 for rotation therewith in a plane perpendicular thereto. At a distance radially outward from theshaft 40, thecrank plate 10 features a crank pin projecting laterally outward therefrom in a direction perpendicular to the crank plate to rotatably carry thecam follower 11 that is rollably engaged in the drive arm's longitudinal slot 22 that extends from near a rear end of the drive arm 9 a to near the pivot shaft 13 thereof. The drive arm's pivot shaft 13 is located between the crank sheave and thevertical guide slot 34 along the side walls of the frame at a distance further radially outward from the crank shaft axis than thecrank pin follower 11. The slot 22 in thedrive arm 9 is long enough to accommodate travel of thecrank pin follower 11 through full 360-degree rotation of thecrank shaft 40 and attached cranksheave 12 and crank plate 10 (i.e. through full 360-degree revolution of the crank pin and crank pin follower around the crank shaft axis). - Comparing
FIGS. 1 and 2 , at least one of the side walls features anopening 42 located therein below the parallelogram linkage near the bottom of the side wall at a location between the vertical guide slot and the crank assembly to accommodate connection between the motor drivengearbox 17, located outward from one of the side walls, to thesheave 20 that is disposed between the twoside walls 30 and aligns with the crank sheave suspended between the side walls at the rear of the machine. Thegearbox support bracket 18 is bolted or otherwise fixed to the side walls to rotatably carry the sheave 22 between the side walls and mount the gearbox housing in a position extending laterally outward through theopening 42 in the side wall to themotor 16 coupled at the input end of the gearbox. Between thecrank sheave 12 and thisopening 42 for the drive source components, an additional mounting hole is provided in each side wall to accommodate support of thebelt tensioner 14. -
FIG. 2 shows the parallelogram linkage and crank assembly in neutral positions situating thecarrier bar 21 at a neutral midpoint of its reciprocating stroke along thevertical guide slot 34. Here, thecrank pin follower 11 is horizontally inline with the equal-elevation crankshaft 40 and drive arm pivot shaft 13, thus positioning thedrive arm 9 andparallel support arm 7 in horizontal orientations. Themotor 16 is driven in a predetermined direction, and thegearbox output sheave 20 and the crank sheave 12 (and thus thecrank shaft 40 and attached crank plate 10) are driven in the same direction. For example, with reference toFIG. 2 , clockwise driven rotation of the sheaves would initially raise thecrank pin follower 11 from its illustrated position rearward of thecrank shaft 40, thus lifting the rear end 9 a of thedrive arm 9 and lowering the front end 9 b of the drive arm, thereby driving the carrier assembly (carrier support, carrier bar and attached followers) near this front end 9 b downward along thevertical guide slot 34 from the neutral position. As thecrank pin follower 11 moves arcuately past its uppermost point in its revolution and begins moving downward, it reaches a point where its rolling engagement in the drive arm slot 22 begins pulling the rear end 9 a of the drive arm downward.FIG. 1 shows the machine in an operation condition near this transition point, where the carrier assembly is at the lowermost extent of its travel along thevertical guide slot 34. From here, the lowering of the rear end of the drive arm under the effect of the crank pin follower lifts the front end of thedrive arm 9, and thus also the carrier assembly, back up to their neutral positions with thecrank pin follower 11 horizontally inline with (i.e. at equal elevation to) the crank shaft and drive arm pivot shaft. As thecrank pin follower 11 passes downward through this neutral position, and continues to pull the rear end 9 a of thedrive arm 9 downward with it, the front end 9 a of the drive arm and the carrier assembly continue to rise. As thecrank pin follower 11 moves arcuately past its lowermost point in its revolution and begins moving upward, it reaches a point shown inFIG. 5 where its rolling engagement in the drive arm slot 22 begins pushing the rear end 9 a of the drive arm upward, thereby lowering the drive arm front end 9 b and carrier assembly from this uppermost point of their stroke back to the neutral position ofFIG. 2 . Continued rotation repeatedly drives this cycle, thus reciprocating the carrier assembly and attached polish rod through upward and downward strokes along thevertical guide slot 34. - The polish rod 1 extends through the
carrier bar 21 at a through-hole 21 a centrally positioned therealong, as shown inFIG. 3 .FIG. 4 shows theclamp 19 fastened on the polish rod 1, which can be used at a position above thecarrier bar 21 to block sliding of this clamped position of the polish rod 1 downward through the carrier bar, as the span of theclamp 19 outward from the polish rod exceeds the clearance between the polish rod circumference and the boundary of the carrier bar's through-hole 21 a. In other words, the diameter of the clamp across the polish rod exceeds the diameter of the through-hole 21 a. The illustratedclamp 19 features two halves that are hinged together and that feature channels of arcuate cross-section in sides of the halves that face together under closing of the hinge. The channels embrace against opposite sides of the polish rod's circumference as the halves are closed toward one another across the rod, and a bolt mechanism distal to the hinged-together ends of the halves is engagable between the halves after positioning thereof across the rod to draw the two halves closer together, thereby tightening the halves against the rod to clamp the rod between them. Clamped tightly on the rod, the clamp is seated atop thecarrier bar 21, thereby hanging the lower end of the polish rod downward from the carrier bar. Below the stuffing box of the wellhead, the polish rod is coupled to sucker rods beneath it in a conventional manner to complete the pump rod string that is reciprocated by the pump jack machine to operate a reciprocally driven downwhole pump. - The splash pan 6 of
FIG. 1 is mounted between theupright portions 33 of theframe side walls 30 of Figure behind thevertical guide slots 34 therein, i.e. to the side of the slot nearest crank assembly at the rear of the machine. The embodiments ofFIGS. 1 and 2 differ only in some details of their structure, but operate for sucker rod string reciprocation in the same general manner. Some of the differences include the shape of thecrank plates 10 and cranksheaves 12, the positioning inFIG. 1 of thelifting ring 5 on a lifting support bracket 8 formed by joining together theupstanding parts 50 on the side walls that pivotally carry thesupport arms 7 instead of on aseparate upright 52 inFIG. 2 , the presence of a crank sheaveprotective guard 54 fixed to the inside of eachside wall 30 inFIG. 2 , and the difference between a through-slot vs. recessed-slot in thedrive arm 9 for receiving thecrank pin follower 4. Other possible variations include, but are not limited to, use of slider and slot engagement versus a rolling cam follower and slot engagement for constrained relative movement of elements, use of vertical versus non-vertical obliquely sloped orientation of the linkage bars formed by the frame and the carrier support in the parallelogram linkage while still maintaining the carrier support slot in a horizontal orientation perpendicular to the frame's vertical guide slot, and positioning of the support arm below versus above the drive arm. -
FIGS. 6 to 9 illustrate a third embodiment pump jack apparatus. Like the other embodiments, the frame features two planarvertical side walls 30 a, 30 b projecting upward at opposite sides of abase plate 2, but each side wall extends only upward from thebase plate 2, and not in any horizontal direction therefrom. The twoside walls 30 a, 30 b share a common overall shape, with obliquely oriented sides 102 that diverge from one another in an upward direction in a symmetric manner across a vertical axis located centrally between them. The perimeter of each side wall is completed by an arcuateupper edge 104 spanning over 180-degrees to convexly interconnected the linearly sloped side edges. At its central vertical axis, eachside wall 30 a, 30 b features a vertically extendinglongitudinal guide slot 34 cut through it, like in the preceding embodiments for the same purpose of guiding thecam followers 36 of thecarrier bar 21. In the third embodiment, theouter flange 36 a of each cam follower extends outward past linear guide tracks 100 mounted on opposing vertical sides of thevertical guide slot 34 to lie at least partially inward from the sides of the slot on the outside of the respective side wall. - With reference to
FIG. 8 , one of theside walls 30 a features a circular throughhole 106 that lies concentric with the radial center of the arcuateupper edge 104 of thewall 30 a. Referring toFIG. 7 , the other side wall 30 b features a larger circular through hole concentric with that of the other wall. A slewing bearing 108 has its annularinner race 110 fixed to the inner face of thefirst side wall 30 a around thecircular hole 106 therein, for example through bolt holes 110 a passing axially through theinner race 110 and matching bolt holes 112 in theside wall 30 a. In a known manner, the outerannular race 114 of the slewing bearing 116 closes around the inner race thereof, is rotatable around the inner race and hasgear teeth 114 a defined at the outer circumference of therace 114. - Referring to
FIG. 8 , asmaller hole 116 located radially outward from thecentral hole 106 in the top portion of thefirst side wall 30 a is surrounded bybolt holes 118 spaced around the circumference of this smaller hole for mounting of agearbox 17 andmotor 16 to the exterior face of thefirst side wall 30 a, as shown inFIG. 6 . An output shaft of thegearbox 17 passes through thehole 116 in theside wall 30 a and carries anoutput gear 118 in the space between the twoside walls 30 a, 30 b. Thisoutput gear 118 of the gear box engages with theteeth 114 a of theouter race 114 of theslewing bearing 108. Accordingly, operation of the motor drives rotation of the slewing bearing's outer race. - On an annular inner face of the movable
outer race 114 of the slewing bearing, i.e. on the side of the outer race facing the second side wall 30 b, is mounted a flat or plate-like and arcuately shapedspacer 120 havingbolt holes 120 a spaced therealong for cooperation with axial bolt holes 114 b circumferentially spaced around theouter race 114 of the slewing bearing. Abolt 124 has the threaded free end of its shaft engaged in a threaded hole in thespacer 120, but leaves a substantial portion of the shaft length project from the spacer in a direction parallel to the axis of the slew bearing at a radial distance outward therefrom. A sleeve orhollow block 126 is rotatable disposed on the shaft of the bolt between the bolt head 124 a and thespacer 120. - The
drive arms 9′ of the third embodiment are fixed to respective ends of thesleeve 126 to suspend the drive arms from the shaft of thebolt 124 in a manner pivotal thereabout. Accordingly, the outer race of the slewing bearing defines the crank of this embodiment, with the bolt thus defining the crank pin about which thedrive arms 9′ are pivotal at one end. The rotational axis of the slewing bearing lies in the same vertical plane as the axis of thecarrier bar 21, and so horizontally-slotted carrier bar support of the first two embodiments is needed in the third embodiment. Accordingly, the second ends of thedrive arms 9′ are pivotally coupled directly to the carrier bar, requiring only pivotal motion of thedrive arms 9′ about the axis of the carrier bar to accommodate linear motion thereof along the vertical guide slots in the side walls of the frame under rotation of the slewing bearing. - An unillustrated earlier prototype of third embodiment featured a single drive arm structure with a single connection to the crank
pin bolt 124 and a branched or forked lower end that split to connect to thecarrier bar 21 on opposite sides of the polish rod 1. However, the illustrated embodiment with two entirely separate drive arms located entirely on respective sides of the polish rod 1, and thus separately connecting to the crankpin bolt 124 at spaced positions therealong, is preferred so as to provide maximum space above thecarrier bar 21 to maximize the accommodation of movement of the top end of the polish rod 1 above thecarrier bar 21. This prevents the polish rod from bending when it is not traveling with the carrier bar downwards due to waxing/sanding of the well or downhole issues. In such situations, the polish rod is in the air and while the carrier bar moves upwards. The separate, spaced-apart carrier bar support/drive arms 9′ allow the polish rod to go between the two arm supports This prevents bending the polish rod and wellhead damage. The top end of the polish rod 1 may be equipped with a threaded polish rod coupling, as shown inFIG. 6 at 128. - The third embodiment shares the two-sided support and guidance of the of the polish
rod carrier bar 21 for optimal performance in maintaining the desired orientation of the polish rod, but avoids the need for the additional horizontal guide slots of the first two embodiments by having the rotational axis of the crank located directly overhead of the carrier (i.e. by having the crank vertically, but not horizontally spaced from the vertical guide slots at which the carrier bar runs up and down the side walls of the frame). Although omitted for illustrative purposes, it will be appreciated that the two side walls of the frame are preferably linked by cross-bars, plates, grates or other members at locations along the edges of the plates around the components located therebetween to provide rigidity to the structure, and to provide protection from the moving parts therebetween. Of course, closure panels spanning between the walls at one more locations would preferably be removable to allow access to the internal components. The third embodiment also illustrates that the invention is not limited to a belt drive configuration like the first two embodiments. Through testing of prototypes of the different embodiments, the belt drive of the first two has proven less reliable than the gear driven third embodiment. - It will be appreciated that different components from the different embodiments may combined in arrangements not illustrated herein. For example, a further embodiment could employ the more horizontally-oriented design of the first two embodiments where the crank is horizontally spaced from the guide slot of the polish rod carrier, and thus may use the correspondingly slotted drive arms pivotally mounted on the frame, while replacing the belt-driven crank sheave with a slew-bearing or other toothed gear structure for improved reliability and wear-life of the drive system. Another possible combination could employ a belt or chain driven transmission arrangement like that of the first two embodiments in an overhead drive configuration like that of the third embodiment, thereby avoiding the need for the slotted carrier bar supports 3 of the first two embodiments.
- Since various modifications can be made in my invention as herein above described, and many apparently widely different embodiments of same made within the spirit and scope of the claims without department from such spirit and scope, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.
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